Industry and a country known for dangerous working condition animators are looking to change that perception. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, four people have been killed and Dozens Injured in bangkok thailand has police mount an offensive against antigovernment protesters. Police detained about 100 demonstrators while trying to clear protest camps around government offices that have been occupied for weeks and as Al Jazeera Veronica reports it shows how volatile it is between the Prime Minister and opposition calling for her to resign. It was before noon in this historical area of old bangkok when the violence broke out. What had happened was that riot police were trying to clear the area of demonstrators who occupied this intersection for several weeks now. They brought in bulldozers that were trying to clear the area as cheers rang out from the protesters and suddenly an explosion was heard and we since discovered that was an m79 grenade and they too
Ski season in the west, the tom on california. And true nature of attack dogs. Our series tonight continues with Surprising New evident from science and Technology Correspondent jake ward. And we begin tonight with a syria peace talks. Theyve hit a roadblock breaking down over the weekend. And today the blame game continues. The u. S. Accusing syrian president bashar alassad, and the diplomatic wrestling continues, so is the suffering. Richelle carey is here with that. Richelle,. It all comes down to people. Syrian, millions are refugees, crossing borders. Pictures shows us the human struggle playing out in the desert. These are the images we see from syria of the shelling, the suffering. They only tell part of the story. These people tell the other. A steady stream of refugees free the war torn country, by the hundreds of thousands. They walk across the desert. Pictures of these show wave after wave, children like marwan, a sevenyearold facing an uncertain future. Marwan is just one o
Minutes. The fog has crept into the pitcher in fact, the visibility is down to a mile and half. It continues to thick can and the dense fog that we are dealing with. The temperatures are in the upper 40s, low 50s but by 3 00 p. M. We will see highs that may reach the upper 60s. Some sunshine will be shown but we have rain on the horizon. I will walk you to your 7 their around the bay coming up. We will quickly take a look at the slow traffic on the east shore freeway, interstate 680 and even though were not tracking any hot spots we already have slow traffic. The 880, corridor has is star reported on the san mateo bridge and i was showing that in a moment. Westbound 580 is heavy and the south bay freeway is starting to bog down. Even the north bay picked up slowing for 1 01 southbound. A stall has been reported in the commute direction of the san mateo bridge. We are saying recline as we go breaking nils out of oakland right now. A carr has flipped over after hitting a power pole, righ
Region based on alleged persecution. It is an indication to which what is happening there is not based on actual concern for russian nationals or russian speakers inside of ukraine but is based on russia is seeking to force to exert influence on a neighboring country. Earlier today the russian president told reporters that any use of military force would be the last resort. Joining us on the phone is a professor of history at depaul university. We are seeing the situation grows in intensity over the last few days. Are the two sides still at a standoff . I think theres a the escalation that has happened. I think he has achieved his limited objective. Going to be under the thumb. The really good signs are the russians have in fact ended their threatening maneuvers along the ukrainian border. In a standoff between a small number of troops trying to get into their base ended and no loss of life. I do not think the soldiers on either side have their hearts and this. I do not think there is
This winter was the warmest on record for the Lower 48, NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information said Friday. Records date to the late 1800s.